The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-18

VII VI tuo otCppC uho ihito uhScho~i~&1
hat / was miles from home and GU
oreign ground. when suddenly l heard
he pattering of horses hoofs and the
,lood-curdilng whoop of the Cossacks.
+ Turning in my saddle l espied about
fifty of these terrible Russian frontier
guards galloping toward me. with their
anccs glittering in the sun and their
lorscs' names flnttering wildly in the
Wind. In moment had set spurs to
nv thorough bred, and was speeding
1t q break neck pace through the mead
,ws, pursued holly by the Cossacks.
Il would have been no joke for me to
have been caught by them. as, apart
from being detained in their camp till
matters were explained and / could
IDENTIFY myself. the Cossacks are saw
,ge race, capable of any misbehavior
n case like this one. All these
thoughts flashed through my mind as
flew along, urging my mare forward
with zest that the noble animal
hardly needed, for she seemed to I'M
ierstand the fact that for once she
was being chased instead of chasing
and covered the ground with the swift
ness of hunted deer. Turning my
head once more, saw that one OF the
Cossaclls was getting close to me; in an
other moment his hand was on my
oridle-rein. and Water Nymph. stand
ing on her hind legs, was making fran
tic efforts to shake him ofi. | did not
hesitate, but gathering all my strength
[ gave him one blow across the eyes
with the handle of my heavy hunting
whip, and. reeling in his saddle, he fell
10 the ground. sped along with the
now iniuriated men at my heels, and
Just ms / was going to be caught a
second time ! saw the river glittering
like a silver band before my eyes !
knew then that | was saved; my Eng
Iish mare, excited rs she was by this
mad race, would. | felt nearly certain,
clear ut one bound the twenty, feet OF
shining water which separated me
from Austria-a feat which the Cossack
horses, active but not trained, could
never accomplish. ! gathered my
hunter together, and as she rose in the
air / shut my eyes, expecting to be
plunged with her into the torrent; but
nol my noble horse landed me safely
and like a bird on the other bank, and
[ heard the disappointed yell OF my
pursuers. turned in my saddle and
laughed at their discontinue, as they
stood on the opposite side of the water
A few days afterward we were in
vited to dine with Count P, one OF
the richest mobiles of Poland. The cap
tain of the Cossack detachment station
ed in the neighborhood was among the
guests of the count, and in the midst OF
dinner he mentioned my adventure,
not dreaming that was the heroine.
Yes" said he, my men were fairly
staggered when they saw that pretty
she-devil fly across the river as if en-
lowed with wings; and if their wound
ed comrade had not been for them q
proof of her tangibilty, they would be-
lieve to their diving day that they had
pursued a spirit. myself would give
much to know who this little imp OF
Satan was"
81 was the imp, captain said l,
quietly. He stared helplcesly at me, as
probably my young face, small figure
and white, pearl-embroidered gauze
dress were not what he had linked in
his mind with his idea of Amazon, gal
Looping alone in forbidden ground, and
telling Cossacks to the earth with a
blow from her mighty arm" Every
body laughed but the poor Russian
officer. who renamed silent and down
hearted for the rest of the evening. -
The ArgonaM.